Valve organization for gas ranges



May 21, 1935. E. E. HODGKIN ET AL 2,002,089

VALVE ORGANIZATION FOR GAS RANGES Filed July 18, 1932 5 Sheets-Sheet lATTORNEY.

May 21, 1935. E. E. HoDGKlN ET AL v vVALVE ORGANIZATION FOR GAS RANGESFiled July 18, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 May 21, 193'5.

E. E. HODGKIN ET AL 2,002,089

VALVE ORGANIZATION FOR GAS RANGES i Filed July 18, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3IN VEN T RS s' M ATTORNEY.

Patented Mey 2.51, o

PATENT oFFlcE l VALVE oRGANIzA'rIoNFoR G'As RANGES Edward E. Hodgkin,william W. Wonen, and,

Henry Lange; Quincy, Ill., assignorsY to Quincy Stove ManufacturingCoipQuincy,

Application July 1s, 1932, serial N9. 623,162 Y,

2 Claims'.

I Our invention relates to controls for gas burning equipment andespecially to means for controlling the gas supply for the individualburners in a gas range or other gas burning apparati wherein more thanone gas burnermayibeused.,

A purpose of-our invention is to provide for gas ranges a gas valveorganization which will operate in conjunction with a suitable housingand distributing system in a` manner permitting the` manipulation oi butone handle for the control of any and all burners. a f A particularpurpose ci our invention is to provide` a simple, economical, practicaland con-A` venient single valve control for the gas supply toV the gasburners thus permitting the cook or the operator to control the gas feedto gas burners by manipulating but one dial or handle or other suitabletype of single control of the releasing of gases from their source ofsupply to the Yrespec- Itive burners.

We attain the objects of our invention bythe apparatus described in theannexedspecification,`

recited in the claims and illustrated yin the accompanying drawings inwhich the same refer- ,ence numerals indicate like parts inthe differenti'lgures.V f

Referring to the iigures: A Y VFigure V1 is a perspective showing incut-alway .of some of the interior details of our invention.,

tion'wall and control valves of our invention lo- Figure 2 is a frontview of the face of the particated in their respective positions in thehousing. Figure 3 is a rear view of the housing in our .invention anddisclosing in a cut-al-way the rela- -tive position of the respectivegas distributing channels and the orices through lWhichthe gas supplyenters the gas chamber from which `it is distributed through thechannels.

Figure 4 is aperspective of the housing casting. Vof our inventionlooking into the face of the partition wall. e

Figure 5 is a perspective showing the reversedv position of the housingcasting disclosing from' a rear. view in a cut-a-way the interior of arear gas chamber through which the incoming gas enters. Y

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 which discloses in cut-a-ways thegas distributing chan- Figure 9 is a top view of our invention similarto Figure 4'7`v but showing not only the burner leads connectedtherewith but also the control handle in 'cross-'sectionmounted upon across-section view of the hood member dening the gas chamber as well asthe control shaft and pin for manipulating the gas control valve disc; fy

Figure 10 is al detailed perspectiverof one of the gas control valvediscs shown in Figure 2. y

-Figure 11 is a perspective detail of the control shaft supporting thecontrol handle in our device.

Figure 12 is a perspective of the hood member valves operate. y i iFigure 13 is a Vperspective of` the spring mem- Y ber used forautomatically releasing the control shaft and pin'iromengagement withthe gas valves. a l a Y Figure 14 is a perspectiveshowing in4quartersectionY the details of the control dial. Figure 15 is aperspective of `one of the little springs within the. gas chamber whichare used for holding the valve discs vinto Voperative position whenassembled. Y Y

'Referring in detail to the construction of our invention and thepreferred manner ofV manipulating the same we` provide in a housing I aconstruction which denesthereinaagasrchamber 2 and a plurality oi gasdistributing channels indicated for instance bychannels 3, 4, 5 and 6.

housing has athreaded central connection` 1 for the attachment of anincoming gas supply pipe 8. It also is provided with threadedVconnections 9, Ill, II,.and l2,ior outlet connections running to the gasburners I3, I4, I5, and a I6 respectively. The housing with itsassembled connections may besupported on a` gas range deiining the gaschamber `in which the control for instance, by lugs I1, and I8 or otherintegral lugs it desired, intermediate the ends. Y A

Ourpurpose being-inthis case to provide a suitable means of receivingand distributing the gas supply for gas burners by a single valvecontr'ol,'we provide as an integral part of a housing a partition wallI9, over whicha hood member mayA be secured by screws kengaging lugs 2|`7,22, 23, landV 24 as they. hold hood-2|] dotvnV through correspondinglugs thereon. This hood in Wall I9 under the valve discs.

a means of optionally releasing gases from cham-j ber 2 a gas controlvalve organization including a group of pivoted valve discs 32, 33,34,and V resting against the smoothface of Wall I9 and supported on pivotpins 36,31, 38, and39 each of which are provided with a spring '4U helddown by hood 20 so as to resiliently hold downthe valve discs supportedby the pivot pins;

Each of these valve discs is providedrwithv a hole 4 I off centeradapted to be moved pivotally overinto co-regi'stry With the approximateone of holes 28, 29, 33, and SI in Wall I9 in order to permit the gasesto pass from chamber 2 through Wall I 9 out into one of the gasdistributing channels'3, 4, 5, and 6.

It will be noted that holes 28,- 29, 3i), and 3| are normally coveredbyvvalve discs ,32 33, 34, and 35 respectively; thus to prevent the gasin chamber 2 vfrom escaping unless released at Will.

In Figure 9 it will be noted that a control shaft 42 is normallyheldresiliently out as far as it can go along With dial 43 rby a compressionspring 44V mounted between hood 20 and dial 43. This action is for thepurpose of holding pin 45 away from engagement With the valve discs 32,33, 34, and 35. Y

However Whenit is desired to light a burner With whichpour device isoperatively connected requiring thereleasing of gasto the burner theVone lighting the burner (a pilot light is usually provided forignitingv the gas) will press in on dial 43 movingjpin 45 intoengagement with the inner peripheral recess 46 of` one of the valvediscs; the disc `controlling the gas outlet that leads to the Vburnerthat it is desired to light.

When pin 45 is thus Vplaced in to recess 46 of the valve disc to becontrolled; then by turning the dial 43 'this valve disc will be movablepivotally to the right'orV left. In this manner then, 'for instance-disc34 (see Figure 2) may be pivotally moved until the gas releasingaperture therein is moved over into co-registry with hole 30in'partition Wall I9; thus permitting the gas to escape out throughchannel 4 connected with burner I 3.

It Willbe observed thatrthe volume of burner blaze may be varied byplacing the holein the valve discs in any desired position of partial orcomplete registry with, the gas releasing holes It will be noted that anintegral bearing 41 is provided in the housing for the slidable supportof shaft 42. f

`It will be further observed that it is possible to move the valve discspivotally by slidably moving pin 45 into the spacebetween adjacent discmembers and then rotating the dial so as to move the pin over againstthe curved edge of the disc. Thus by exerting a rotating pressureagainst the disc the pin may move the disc in the desired directiondepending on Which side of the axis of the disc the pressure is made on.n

It is conceivable that Within the scope of our inventionthe form of thehousing could be Varied as Well as the type of channel members leadingto the gas burners; While a careful study of the features illustratedwill disclose other details of our invention Which may be changedwithout departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described the nature of our invention what We claim is:

1. In a gas range having a control valve housing defining a gasreceiving chamber, a partition Wall, and a plurality of integral gasdistributing channels, and the partition Wall provided with a pluralityof concentrically disposed gas releasing holes arranged in predeterminedspaced relation; a gasA control valve organization comprisinga pluralityof pivoted valve disks pivotally-secured to said partition Wall adjacentcorresponding holes therein and each of said disks provided with a gasreleasing aperture pivotally movable selectively into coregistry Withsaid Vadjacent corresponding gas releasing hole respectively in thepartition wall of said housing, a peripheral recess in each of saiddisks for rotatably receiving the end of a control pin adapted toactuate the disks, respectively, a control shaft for the support of thepin and a hand dial supported thereby, a disengaging spring forautomatically releasing said control shaft when pressure is releasedtherefrom and an individual spring for each of said valve disk membersholding said members flatly against the adjacent surface of saidpartition Wall.

2` In a gas range a housing for a gas control valve mechanism andprovided with a partition Wall having a plurality of gas releasingapertures and a faced surface, a gas control valve organizationcomprising a plurality of pivoted valve disks pivotally secured to saidfaced partition Wall respectively adjacent corresponding gas releasingapertures therein, each of said valve disks provided with an apertureadapted to be selectively moved into co-registry vvvith saidcorresponding gas releasing aperture '1n said partition Wall forreleasing gases from said` gas chamber, v

EDWARD E. HODGKIN. WILLIAM W. WODELL. HENRY LANGE.

